John Tallis
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John Tallis (7 November 1817[1] – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher.[2] His company, John Tallis & Company, published views, maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851.
Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846, and was dissolved in 1849.[2] From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis & Company.[2] He started the which issued engraved portraits as supplements in a series entitled ‘National Portrait Gallery of eminent personages' in 1858, selling it for £1,370 in 1861; it folded in 1863.[2] The series was subsequently republished in a number of separate volumes.
He lived in New Cross, South East London. His house on New Cross Road is listed as a Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, grade II. It has a blue plaque on the wall to signal the event.[3]
References[]
- ^ John Tallis's London street views, 1838-1840, c2002: p. 19 (born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, on 7 Nov. 1817); p. 35 (died 25 May 1876)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892-1921
- ^ Historical plaques about John Tallis
- 1817 births
- 1876 deaths
- Publishers (people) from London
- English cartographers
- 19th-century British newspaper publishers (people)
- 19th-century English businesspeople
- English business biography stubs